TX-Man arrested in assault on Border Patrol agent
Man arrested in assault on Border Patrol agent
Times staff report
Article Launched: 08/14/2008 02:46:56 PM MDT
EL PASO - FBI agents and the U.S. Border Patrol arrested Erick Diaz-Becerril of Mexico on Wednesday in connection with an assault on a federal officer.
Diaz-Becerril was attempting to cross into the United States illegally near the Bridge of the Americas in El Paso when he was stopped by a Border Patrol agent, officials said. Diaz-Becerril tried to resist arrest and caused injury to an agent.
Diaz-Becerril, 28, is charged with one count of Assault on a Federal Officer. His initial appearance will be Thursday afternoon in the court of U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard Mesa.
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